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Essay: The Divine Dilemma in Marco Bellocchio's Esterno Notte

The series provides a "Rashomon"-style retelling of the 1978 kidnapping and murder of , the President of the Christian Democracy (DC) party, by the far-left terrorist group the Red Brigades . This specific episode, titled "Il Papa" (The Pope), centers on the perspective of Pope Paul VI (played by Toni Servillo) during the 55 days of Moro's captivity. Esterno.Notte.2022.iTA.AC3.WebRip.x264.S01.E03-...

The third installment of Esterno Notte shifts the series’ lens from the political machinery of the Italian state to the spiritual and personal anguish of the Vatican. By focusing on Pope Paul VI, Marco Bellocchio explores the intersection of faith, political pragmatism, and the "unfathomable melancholy" of a failure that was both personal and national. 1. The Perspective of the Holy See Essay: The Divine Dilemma in Marco Bellocchio's Esterno